Personal Narrative: My First Deaf

For my first deaf event I went to the coffee house in Boiling Springs next to Gardner-Webb University. I decided to go with Josie and Latrell, when we arrived the first thing we saw was Will, we all said hello and talked about whether the coffee was worth four dollars or not. As we were going to sit down I saw my principle at the event we chatted for awhile and I taught him a few signs before he had to leave. Later that night I met a girl, she was really friendly I don't remember her name which I am sad to say, but I remember her telling me about how she was there with a friend and how she attended Gardner-Webb and was interested in learning more about the Deaf community. I taught her a few sign and she did the same for me, we had a struggle
communicating at first because she was signing some signs in a different way than I was taught, but by the end of our conversation things were cleared up. After a while she had to leave and I was kind of sad because she was really interesting and friendly, but later that night one of Will’s friends came and sat with us, she was nice. While sitting with us I asked her if she was Will’s girlfriend and she began to laugh and told me they were only friends, then we talked about how I was learning at Cleveland Community College and she asked if she knew my teacher, Kim, sadly she did not. Although, I only attended the event for two hours it was really fun and I learned a lot; I thought I would be reserved but it turns out I was welcomed with open arms and people helped me though signing what I didn’t know. I am actually happy I went to this event it opened me up to a new culture, it showed me that although we have different means of communications we are able to have a really good time and connect with one another.